But simplicity is always deceiving.
"Statistics are always deceiving in our country.
But looks, at least when it comes to the artist's body of work, are almost always deceiving.
Another man, in his 60's and wearing an old brown suit, offered this assessment: "The government always deceives us.
Ultimately, your position is either a truism (we are sometimes deceived about the nature of reality and why we do things) or self-contradictory (we are usually or always deceived about the nature of reality and why we do things).
For Butler we are often self-deceived even when we think we are doing what is morally right (in fact if we think we are wholly in the right we are almost always deceived (Sermon X §13)) and we often only recognize our self-deception — if at all -- upon later reflection.
Hours after the #talks, Americans offered a fact sheet that most of it was contrary to what was agreed.They always deceive &breach promises.
They fight, they try to block colleagues' progress, they commit fraud, they deceive and manipulate others.
Presidents may well invade or deceive, as they always have, but let the human price hang openly for all to see.
"They cannot deceive me anymore".
